movement, one that includes several grievances displayed on several signs. it has been called disorganized. but these demonstrators almost challenge the people to look at this as a 3-d message board on the american economic system and they say it's starting to get a lot of posts. >> i think a lot of people are just keeping their finances above water and maybe don't have time to come down here. but i think a lot of people are essentially in support what have we're doing. >> reporter: and so or the police logistically they're not incurring overtime staffing the protest, with this weekend's marathon, it will have to get creative. >> we'll make sure that both sides are commuting with each other. -- communicating with each other and the needs of both sides are met. and i think we can do that. >> reporter: police say that the demonstratetors and the runners will have to --

demonstrators and the runners will have to share. >> we need to make sure that everybody plays night in the sandbox. and so far, our relationship with the individuals has been outstanding. >> reporter: and they hope it continues to be as baltimore remains occupied in the center of its downtown. abc 2 news. president obama was in pittsburgh trying to push his $447 billion jobs package scheduled for a vote today in the senate. the president has been campaigning for the jobs package all over the country. but the vote is not expected to pass the senate. republicans in congress have expressed the opposition to stimulus spending and tax increases on the wealthy included in the bill. new data suggests that people in the baltimore area are not wild about putting their homes on the market. the number of homes put up for sale fell about 23% last month. that is the fourth month in a row that the number of new

listings have gone down in this area. and the "new york times" is reporting that three dozen states are considering new legislation that will require seeking welfare, food stamps or public housing to take a drug test. >> the florida already has one that went into effect in july. 7,000 people have passed the test and just 32 failed. but the number of people applying has dropped since the resession started. taking a look at tonight's top stories. an officer with the transportation security administration has been arrested on child foreign tee charges. the -- child pornography charges. the man later admitted to having child pornography on his computer. and the tsa has suspended him. the police in kansas city are searching and abandoned home looking for a missing ten-

month-old after a tip for lisa irwin. we're working for you exploring why kids bully. and there may be some possible solutions. they believe part of the reason they bully is to try to climb the social ladder. tonight is the night for bj customers if you have something to say about the way they handled the last storm. it's a chance for customers to give some feedback. it will start at 8:00 tonight at the assembly hall on the first floor on 101 north gay street. weather-wise, things changing out there and the clouds rolling in and rain in the lower eastern shore and patchy drizzle as far north as baltimore. but most of the rain is down in

virginia right now. montgomery county reaching across in frederick county will see some more of this shower activity as we go into the rest of the evening. spotty showers, 70s and 60s out there for the temperatures. we'll talk about how much the rain will impact us over the next two days and what it clears out all coming up. a woman working at an instillation doing scientific research near the south pole has been waiting for medical care for six weeks after suffer what may have been a stroke. she is able to communicate using a satellite phone. but it is a risky proposition to send a marine that get her. >> if it means putting a pilot at risk of his life, it's critical that they do not do it. >> experts have treated her and they heard her speak and they say she should be past the

worst effects of the possible stroke. two robbers trying to rip off a gas station in houston got a little more than they bargained for. we'll tell you what the clerk d. and a family owned jewelry store in colorado gets taken for ten grand. we'll tell you how they were fooled out of their money.

a houston gas station turned into a shootout over the weekend. police say that two men held up the station. they jumped over the counter armed with guns. but the clerk was not going to take the attack lying down. he ducked around the corner and started taking shots at the intrucers. he was hurt but he's expected to recover. one of the robbers was hit twice in the arm and picked up a few blocks away. the other man is still on the loose. a family run jewelry store in colorado is out of thousands after their daughter was scammed by two men. they said they were trying to sell some gold and it was real and she turned around to get the money and while her back was turned they switched the bag of real gold with the fake

one weighing the same amount. they were paid $11,000 for the fake gold. and lots of people are dissatisfied with their cell phone carriers. but a while tail deer that ran into a store in pennsylvania didn't seem to be worried about a phone. the deer jumped the counter and knocked over a monitor and ran through the back room and had a run-in into the sink. they managed to get the deer out of the door. a cyclist was in sec place feeling good when he -- second place feeling good about his position when he got knocked off his bike. it wasn't by another biker, but an antelope. heard about palm and cup to lay out serving sizes.

we'll lay out the how much you eat could determine how much you lose. we'll tell what you else that you can expect to hear from the candidates coming up tonight.

when is the last time that you counted out a serving of 12 potato chips or scooped out a half cup of your favorite ice cream? now many are calling for the government to make portion sizes on labels a little more realistic so people understand what they're eating. >> reporter: when this man thinks about feeding his

families, he thinkss about things that most of us think about. the numbers keep in mind are based on one thing, serving size and that is something that he doesn't pay attention to. >> you don't normally use the serving size as a guideline it tends to be confusing 2.5 this and 3.5 that. >> reporter: health experts and health advocacy group agree and they're calling for done about it and they're calling for the fda to change the serving. >> people are eating much larger portions than they used to. >> reporter: dietician lisa says this leads to many that they're consuming few are calories, fat and sodium than they truly are. the recent study compared serving sizes on labels and came up with the list of worst offenders like ice cream, soup

and nonstick cooking spray. a serving of ice cream is half a couple and most people scoop out twice that amount. steve admits that he's one of the people. >> it seems too complicated. >> reporter: but getting the government to change it is not that simple. ask this former fda official. >> for the fda to change anything on the label is a long process. you need to find the science and reach consensus. >> reporter: he said that portions are just one piece of the puzzle. >> not to redefine what the serving is. it's just a number. to everyone educate people what the appropriate amount of food they should -- take in and when. >> reporter: till any changes are made, you may want to learn as much as possible. just some food or thought because so many of us are

trying to be healthier these days. megan pringle, abc 2 news. >> for a food that is more than a single serving, it's up to the manufacturing to decide whether to include it for the entire package. take a look outside. that is harbor place. gray but for the most part we have stayed dry today. on the heals of a fantastic of weekend for weather. 71 now and 71% humidity and winds northeast at eight miles an hour. as we look at some of the skies above from the hd weather bug site that is north over the harbor and the sea dogs there in the foreground. it was tough to buy sunshine today. chesapeake beach stayed pretty murky today. south maryland did pick up a couple of showers like down in

camp springs outside andrews air force base. a couple showers crossing out of montgomery county and moving towards savage, laurel, parts of howard county. you may get a brief shower in here in short order. you're getting light drizzle. these are spotty showers, no question about that. most of the state not seeing a thing yet. but there's more rain to the south. temperature 71 now at the airport but upper 60s across the state. 66 in ocean city. dulles 69 and york, pennsylvania, 69. and the humidity levels moderate but with the temperatures where they are, not that noticeable. but the increased moisture in the air will help fuel the rain tonight and we think more numerous showers will be inbound as we head into today. you see the widespread rain breaking out over the carolinas and virginia and atlanta. that will continue to slowly move north.

if you look at the broad picture, this is a large storm. the upper reaches of this thing is in upper new york state. so by the time the whole ball of wax gets out of here, we could be talking about midday friday. so a couple days of unsettled weather and the chances for rain will be around. and you'll see hit-and-miss showers through the day tomorrow and more sook rains in here -- sook rains in here -- soaking rains in here tomorrow night. the backside of that system hangs out. it will blow out before the weekend. 60 and overcast tonight and developing rain. we'll talk about rain being likely through the day tomorrow upper 60s. tomorrow's forecast will bring it down to 60 or so with scattered showers and taper ovulate but not go a-- off but not going away completely over the weekend, it appears that things will dry out for us and sunshine on tap and good looking scenario here into the

weekend. but we'll have some murky, damp weather in the next two days or so. >> that was expected. >> not bad. let's talk about politics now. in 2012 applicants, mitt romney got a key endorsement from new jersey governor chris christie. we're in washington now. >> reporter: these two appear to be really chummy. they were standing side by side talking about how they are friends but talking about how they're going to be teammates. seven days is all it took from chris christie to go from this. >> i'm not prepared to make and endorsement today. >> reporter: to this. >> >> i endorse mitt romney now. he goes there and telling the people the truth about what needed to be done and coming up with a plan to get it done. >> reporter: christy was

heavily recrowded by republican -- recruited by the republicans. so his backing could be what mitt romney needs. watch how perry responds tonight as herman cain will try to steal the limelight from the front-runner. >> i'm pleased and proud that chris christie is joining our team and i'm happy to have him here today. >> reporter: governor rick perry has his work cut out for him and he said that he's not the strongest debater. >> does that mean christie could be a possible candidate for vp? >> reporter: that is one thing that we are tossing around the newsroom. but i don't want to say that yet. but anything is possible in this campaign from what we've

seen. rudy giuliani made it official. he said that he's not getting into the race. he said that it's too late for him to get into the race. i'm jamie costello, one mail-in group wants to raise the tobacco tax by a there are per pack of cigarette they say it will -- significant and how it will save lives. that is all coming up new for you at 6:00. i'll see you then.

stocks ended mixed today with investors waiting for europe to get out of their financial crisis. the nasdaq up 17 and the s&p 500 up almost one. a new study on the wireless industry shows that cell phones now outnumber people in this country. the group ct ia estimates that 327 million yell phones are now in use in the u.s. that is up 9% from the first half of this year alone. facebook has nearly concurred the world and now they're finally embracing the ipad. the app available for the iphone was absent from the tablet when released. rumors circulated because there was a rift between apple and facebook. whatever the case, it's now out. and now you can get your

version on your tablet. bartering, you trade something that you don't need and it really doesn't cost you anything. it's making a comeback and it's getting a boost from technology. bartering is now more popular than ever. >> reporter: it's as old as time. >> everything i'm wearing is swapped. >> reporter: it's back in fashion. craigslist is see eye popping growth in bartering. swap.com has seen more than 4 million barter exchanges since last year a and barter request said it saw a 150% increase. >> we believes it's a multi- billion dollar market. we think it's the third leg of the commerce.

>> reporter: the latest numbers from the trade association value the barter market in north america alone at $12 billion. >> that's a new way for people to think about the things that they want or need. >> reporter: and people are bartering for almost anything. >> he wanted a bible, for example. >> reporter: it's in vogue in high fashion. is it all because of the state of the economy? >> it's because of the resession. we've all become so digital that we want to meet in real life. >> reporter: for some business owners, it's old hat. how many t-shirts a day do you pump out of here? >> it could be thousands or it could be hundreds. >> reporter: this man has been bartering his custom t-shirts for 25 years. >> i get all the broadway shows. i love broadway and travel professional services and personal stuff and work around

the office if it needs that. >> reporter: but i warns it's important to use a reputable bartering service to prevent by getting ripped off by someone that does not fulfill their end of the deal. >> so before you jump on the bartering bandwagon take nose. the irs is watching. incomes in bartering is taxable and must be reported to uncle sam by both parties. airline companies are seeing slow down in hotels, some high end hotels are reporting that some customers are starting to come back. some are offering laundry service and around the clock room service and now travelers are booking the rooms again. the disappearance of a fred dick woman in aruba and what

they are companion just asked for from a judge. a man got on a bike and tried to ran way from the police while they were talking to him at this park. the police are not the only ones concerned about him. his neighbors are too. maryland health advocates want to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by another dollar. a cold strip, pink eye but sometimes germs spread to the best of friends. how you can keep your kids off the sick list at school. we're really concerned about a park in pass dean nah police said that they want to -- pasadena. police say that is where they wanted to question a man and he got away. police are not the only ones worried about this man. >> reporter: sunday afternoon a woman saw a man offer two boys some